Michael+Canahuati-Cambodia

Cambodia



Cambodia lived under The Angkor Empire until the 13th century. In the 1970's was weakened by the Vietnam War and after that, the Khmer Rouge, led by Pot Pot took over and enforced communism. He forced people to do terrible work and around 12% of the population were killed. In 1863, it became a french colony until 1953 when it became independent. Cambodia is a small country located in South East Asia, it borders the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. The official language is Khmer (95%), some speak English and French. It is mainly a young population. Cambodia is mainly agricultural country where 70% of the population work in farming.

Their infant mortality rate is 54.08 deaths per 1,000 live births. It is pretty high. This is due because a big segment of the population suffers from AIDS, so children are born infected. There is maternal malnutrition problems so the infants have a higher risk of disease and premature death.

Cambodia's population is of 14,952,665 people. It is pretty high for the small land area it has.

Their life expectancy for the total population is 63 years of age. This is a low life expectancy rate because a lot of the population suffers from AIDS, they lack potable water, they don't have proper healthcare, and they suffer from malnutrition.

Their birth rate is 25.17 births per 1000 people. The death rate is 7.97 deaths per 1000 people. Birth rate is declining (though it is still high) a little as people start to get more education. Death rate is low in Cambodia, but there are many diseases affecting Cambodians and they have slim access to health care and the majority of the population lacks money for a proper treatment.

They have a net migration rate of -0.33 migrants per 1000 people. This shows us that more people emigrate than immigrate to Cambodia. People choose to leave Cambodia to find better opportunities in life, and get away of all the hard labor, and diseases. They also want an opportunity for a better education.

Population growth rate is 1.7%. It has declined and is now stable. Since there is a negative net migration rate and a high birth rate, the growth of the population maintains itself in average.

Their doubling time is in 41 years. It will take a lot of time for the population to double since there are lots of deaths and emigration due to the extent of diseases, lack of jobs, and lack of education in Cambodia. People usually die before or at 63 years of age.

Cambodia is a Less Economically Developed Country. It is poor, there is a low standard of living and there is a slim access to resources and education. It focuses primarily on primary industries such as farming. Currently, Cambodia is in Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model. It is in Stage 3 because of its low level of death rate, and rapidly declining level of birth rate.

Some population issues in Cambodia are excess mortality rate because a big segment of the population suffers from aids, and this in term lowers the life expectancy of the population. In addition to this, they lack potable water which results in people acquiring infectious diseases like bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, dengue fever, and malaria. The government of Cambodia does not provide proper health care for its population; their health expenditures is only 5.8% under of their GDP. There's hardly any doctors, and hardly any hospitable beds. The government does not invest in education and only 73.6% can read and write. Sixty four point three of their population is between 15-64 years of age. Malnutrition affects Cambodian children, 45% of them suffer from severe stunting. Accidental deaths due to traffic accidents or drowning are common in Cambodia, so are land mine accidents were a lot of children work. Unicef has implemented programs that have helped the population including vaccinations for tetanus and measles, counseling and education programs for prevention of HIV, child training programs to improve education, and contribute to the destruction of mines.





__//**References...**//__ http://www.unescap.org/stat/di6launch/session2.3-UNFPA-Cambodia.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cb.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cb.html

__//** -Michael Canahuati **//__